On December 5, 2012, citizen enforcer Peter Englander and settling defendant Acme United Corporation ("Acme") entered into an out-of-court Settlement Agreement, which resolved Englander's allegations that Acme sold adhesive plastic bandages containing the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate ("DEHP") in the State of California without providing...

On November 15, 2012, Peter Englander, a TCG client, obtained approval of a first-of-its-kind settlement with Accoutrements, a seller of bandages and other products, in which Accoutrements agreed to reformulate its plastic adhesive bandages to be free of phthalates, chemicals known to cause reproductive harm. While Accoutrements has agreed to pay civil penalties under...

The healthcare products industry has seen tremendous advances in recent decades in healing injury, curing disease, and saving lives. Clients of The Chanler Group strive to further contribute to this cause by ensuring that healthcare products display Proposition 65 health hazard warnings whenever they contain detectable levels of lead or phthalate chemicals. In recent...